Tuesday Breakfast

HEADLINES // 7:15AM // Jaimie Jeffrey, co-convenor of IPAN Geelong and Vic Southwest speaks at the Future Funds rally outside Hanwha HQ last Thursday 26th June 2025 as part of Elbit out of Victoria's EOFY Week of Action. Jaimie speaks about the expansion of the military industrial complex here in so-called Australia.  7:30AM // Yolanda Robson is the Director of the Young Workers' Centre at Trades...

7:15AM // Phuong spoke to India, who is a community organiser in the Act on Climate collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne and a local in the City of Port Phillip. The Port Phillip Council is looking to establish no camping zones in the area that would target rough sleepers. India has lived in the area her whole life and has always loved the diversity of people around Port Phillip. She is a...

Headlines- Israel bombs Iran's state television- HACSU walk-out- Yoorook Walk for Truth final 2 days- Vic push for ADHD diagnosis by GPs 7.15 am// Hannah Tamata, Pacific Menstrual NetworkOn May 28th, Menstrual Hygiene Day, a report called 'Exploring the links between Climate Change and Menstrual Health in the Pacific' was published by WaterAid Australia and The Pacific Menstrual Health Network. Th...

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HEADLINES // 7:15AM // Scheherezade is a researcher and campaigner with Elbit Out of Victoria, a member of the Free Palestine Naarm Coalition, and is a fellow presenter here on 3CR. Last week on the show we played Scheherezade's speech from outside Hanwha headquarters as part of the Free Palestine rally in Naarm on Sunday 19th May. Sche joined to speak further about weapons manufacturing in this c...

HEADLINES//  7:15 AM// Kate Colvin is the CEO of Homelessness Australia. Previously, Kate was the spokesperson for national housing and homelessness campaign Everybody's Home and served as the deputy CEO for Victoria's peak body for homelessness, the Council to Homeless Persons. Last week, the Australian Government's National Housing Supply and Affordability council released its State of the Housi...

7:15AM // Worker Women's Strength and Struggle: Rana Plaza disaster 2013 From 3CR's May Day 2025 special programming. Mercedes from Uprise Radio and A Friday Rave presented a speech from Taslima Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, & Rupali Akhter, survivor of Rana Plaza Disaster - recorded at the 2023 May Day for Freedom and Liberation Rally at the state library.7:30AM // S...

7.15 am// Desiree Cai from Tomorrow Movement on Australia's post-electionDesiree Cai is National Director at Tomorrow Movement, building a movement of young people powerful enough to win ambitious solutions to the climate and economic crises. Formerly President of the National Union of Students, and organiser at GetUp, Desiree has run youth-led campaigns on economic justice, education, and climate...

Gippsland Forest GuardiansLisa Barrand is a founding member of the Gippsland Forest Guardians, a small team working with community to protect Gippsland's forests for future generations of animals, plants and people. Lisa speaks about the campaign to protect the critically endangered slender tree-fern and why increased pine plantations are contributing to the destruction of native forests. You can...

7.15 am// Jordy Silverstein from Loud Jew Collective at Free Palestine RallyWe revisit a speech from the Free Palestine rally from Sunday 23rd March, where Jordy Silverstein of the Loud Jew Collective spoke about solidarity and the ways in which we in the west can fight against occupation and imperialism in our daily lives.  7.30 am// Manju from Nuclear Free Campaign, Friends of the EarthManju is...

Seismic shift protest in Warrnambool. Photo credit: OCEAN/ XRVic 7:15AM //  3CR presenter Kannagi on the recent earthquake in Myanmar. Kannagi is currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and spoke to Phuong about the impacts of the earthquake in Thailand, the communities particularly impacted in Myanmar, and the efforts of organisations and mutual aid campaigns to support those affected. This inte...

7:15 AM// Kannagi speaks to Avika, a regenerative farmer in Chiang MaiOn a recent episode of 3CR's Women on the Line, Kannagi spoke to Avika, a regenerative farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand who is passionate about regenerating soil and working with farmers across the country to make regenerative farming tools and techniques more accessible. This interview originally aired on Women on the Line on Mon...

7:15 AM // Rosemary Storey and Mel (Victoria Forest Alliance) On Sunday 23 March 2025, grassroots organisations and concerned members of the community gathered outside Peter Khalil's office in Coburg to stand up for native protests and protest logging, planned burns, and other forms of destruction. This rally, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation, took place in many other cities across so-called...

7:15AM // Amelia Young, Wilderness SocietyOn Monday 3rd March 2025, the Wilderness Society launched court action against Australia's Environment Minister, saying successive environment ministers have failed in their legal duties to create recovery plans that would give threatened wildlife a better chance at surviving extinction. Phuong spoke with Amelia Young, National Campaigns Director at the Wi...

 7:15AM // Annie McLoughlin spoke to CFMEU Organiser Lisa Zanatta and four union members. As part of 3CR's 24 hour International Working Women's Day coverage last Saturday, Annie McLoughlin spoke to women from the CFMEU. We listen back to that interview, starting with Lisa Zanatta, Women's Organiser for the union, and later, four rank & file members who talk about the work they do and how the CFME...

 Content warning: The following segment contains references to violence. For support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. 7:15AM // Debbie Stothard, human rights advocate and founder of ALTSEAN Burma. ALTSEAN Burma is a human rights organisation which campaigns for a return to democratic and civilian rule for Myanmar. Debbie is here in Naarm to celebrate the release of ALTSEAN's latest publication Women'...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Content warning: This segments contains references to violence, and suicide. For support contact 13YARN, that's 13 92 76 or Lifeline at 13 11 14. Jodie Bell, descendant of the Butchella and Jagera people of Southeast Queensland and board member of the Kimberley Aboriginal Women’s Council, spoke to Phuong this week on Women on the Line. They speak about the organisation’...

News headlines // 7:15AM //  Sue McKinnon, President of Kinglake Friends of the Forest which is a member of the Victorian Forest Alliance. In the last few days, the Victoria Forest Alliance has posted photos shared by local photographers of planned burns taking place across Victoria, including on Gunnai Kurnai country. Sue joins us to talk about the true impact of planned burns as well as the misi...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Laura Sykes is a community organiser with Lock the Gate Alliance and part of the Beyond Gas Network. She has been involved with grassroots climate justice and youth organising for over a decade, and is passionate about building community led campaigns to fight for systemic change. Laura is on the show today to talk about some of the current campaigns and organising, inc...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Alexia Wellbelove from the Australian Marine Conservation Society on the impacts of the marine heatwave and the need for urgent government action. Last month fisheries officials reported that a marine heatwave may have led to a fish kill on Western Australia's Pilbara coast. About 30,000 fish were found dead at Gnoorea Beach near Karratha. The marine heatwave is expecte...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Helen Mayers, secretary of EFA (Environmental Films Australia, previously EFFA), on the potential for environmental and climate action through cinema, community and connection, and what’s on in 2025 for EFA. You can find out more and support their work at www.effa.org.au 7:30AM // Susie Russell, a member of Save Bulga Forest - a grassroots organisation who are trying to...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Moments from Monday 19 Jan action to Return Lee Point to the Larrakia People that took place outside the office of Defence Housing Australia in Port Melbourne. Lee Point is under threat of being destroyed by DHA to build 800 houses for the military and for overseas buyers. In this clip, two of the organisers, Laniyuk and Te Raukura, speak, as well as some short testimon...

7:15AM // An excerpt from 3CR's summer series "Writing Home", a show in which Satellite Skies host Madhvi takes listeners through important feminist readings from the Global South. In this excerpt, which originally aired on 6 Jan, Madhvi discusses and reads an extract from "Against White Feminism" by Rafia Zakaria. It's a fabulous read on compulsory sexuality, and the problems with a singular whit...

News headlines // 7:15AM // Rin Mcardle is a Naarm/Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer. In September, she released her new single 'Strings', which waxed lyrical on the silence of the music scene when it comes to Palestine. All proceeds from this single went to Palestine Australia Relief and Action (PARA) Foundation. She joined us now to chat about music, advocacy...

Xen Nhà is founder and editor of Red Pocket Press, a queer asian publishing project celebrating Lunar New Year through zines, food and gatherings. Xen talks about Red Pocket Press and the upcoming Languages in Community Festival where they'll be sharing stories of queer and trans Asian histories, ancestry and family in the diaspora. 3CR reporter Pilar Aguilera reports from the Federal Court in Syd...